Neb. murder spree figure critically hurt in Mich. crash

A woman who was one of two teenage participants in a killing spree that left 11 people dead 55 years ago and became the basis of the movie "Badlands" starring Sissy Spacek and Martin Sheen has been critically injured in a crash in Michigan.

As a 14-year-old, then-Caril Fugate and her 19-year-old boyfriend Charlie Starkweather went on a killing spree in Nebraska and Wyoming in 1957-58 that claimed the lives of Fugate's mother, stepfather, 2-year-old sister and eight others.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THE NAME CARIL FUGATE. SHE EARNED NATIONAL NOTORIETY IN 1958, BECAUSE OF HER ROLE IN A NEBRASKA KILLING SPREE. THE SAME ONE THAT INSPIRED THE MOVIE "BADLANDS." FUGATE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION TONIGHT-- AFTER A CAR CRASH IN MICHIGAN. (Newsreel: After a bloody, eleven victim killing spree that spanned two states, Charles Starkweather and his girlfriend Caril Fugate were finally apprehended.) THEIR 19-58 CRIME SPREE.. SHOCKED THE NATION. THEIR NAMES..SYNONYMOUS WITH TERROR. STARKWEATHER AND FUGATE. (On June 25, 1959, 20-year old Starkweather went to the electric chair.) 14-YEAR OLD CARIL ANN FUGATE.. WENT TO PRISON.(She remained in the Nebraska State Prison until her parole on June 20, 1976.) SINCE THEN..FUGATE'S LIVED IN THE UPPER MIDWEST.. MOST RECENTLY IN STRYKER, OHIO. MONDAY NIGHT..THE 70-YEAR OLD FUGATE .. NOW KNOWN AS CAROL CLAIR.. WAS IN THIS CRASH SOUTH OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. IT KILLED HER 81-YEAR OLD HUSBAND..FREDERICK. CRITICALLY INJURED HER. (Dave Hamer/Retired Photojournalist: Frankly it was a pretty scary time. for all of us. Reporters, everybody, because no one knew where they were.) DAVE HAMER REMEMBERS FUGATE. HE WAS WORKING FOR K-E-T-V AT THE TIME.. AND FILMED FUGATE.. RIGHT AFTER SHE WAS ARRESTED. (Hamer: She was smiling, for the cameras. She was seated in the back seat of a car she rolled the window down and waved.)(Fugate/1996: I passed 7 lie detector tests. At the time this happened, I asked for lie detector tests.) FOR ALL THESE YEARS.. FUGATE- CLAIR'S MAINTAINED HER INNOCENCE..(Fugate/1996: Look, maybe there's a possibility there's a mistake here.) BUT IN 19-96..THE PARDONS BOARD TURNED HER DOWN.. SAYING EVEN áHAVING A HEARING ABOUT THAT..WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES. NOW.. ONE-HALF OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL COUPLE IN NEBRASKA.. IS NOT ONLY FIGHTING TO CLEAR HER NAME.. SHE'S FIGHTING TO STAY ALIVE. FUGATE-CLAIR IS NOW WORKING WITH A LINCOLN ATTORNEY.. ON A BOOK ARGUING HER INNOCENCE. IT'S CALLED